Dr. DolitUe is a country doctor who loves

animals. In fact, he fills his house with

so many of them thai his human patients

don t want to visit him any more. But he

isn t bothered, because he prefers

animals to people and, with the help of

his pet parrot Polynesia, he has been

learning how to talk to animals.

One day, he gets a mysterious call telling

him to come to Africa to save a pack of

monkeys from a strange sickneSs. When

he gets there, he learns many new animal

languages and makes loads of two- and

four-legged friends (plus a few with no

legs at all). But what is the real reason

he was called to Africa?

Funny and thought-provoking, this tale will

have everyone trying to talk to their pets.